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The Associated Press | September 25, 2008
Brazil on Wednesday temporarily halted the paving of an Amazon road while it demarcates 13 nearby conservation areas to
discourage illegal logging.
Environment minister Carlos Minc said the government will not assign construction contracts for at least two months for BR-319,
a muddy, 500-mile (an 800-kilometer) track that will be transformed into a two-lane highway between the jungle cities of Manaus
and Porto Velho...
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PKim Hy Nature Reserve is threatened due to illegal logging by local residents in the reserve’s buffer and core zones,
said Ha Xuan Minh, a forest ranger.
Kim Hy Nature Reserve, covering over 15,000ha at an altitude of 200-1,000m, is located in the districts of Bach Thong and
Na Ri in the northern mountainous province of Bac Can...
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